Microscope Projection Photolithography of Polymeric Optical Micro- and Nanocomponents

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksAdvanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII
Herausgeber/-innenGeorg von Freymann, Eva Blasco, Debashis Chanda
Herausgeber (Verlag)SPIE
Seitenumfang7
ISBN (elektronisch)9781510633476
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 28 Feb. 2020
VeranstaltungAdvanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII 2020 - San Francisco, USA / Vereinigte Staaten
Dauer: 2 Feb. 20205 Feb. 2020

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NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Band11292
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (elektronisch)1996-756X

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Lithography is one of the key technologies employed for the fabrication of optical devices and components, which could be applied in fields as diverse as optical sensing, communication and information technologies. Microscope projection photolithography (MPP), as a low-cost, simple and flexible lithography method, lends itself for versatile applications. Its feasibility in realizing various microstructures has been verified already. However, the improvement of the quality and resolution of structures still remains challenging. Here, we present an MPP method for the controlled generation of high-quality and high-resolution 2D optical micro- and nanostructures. Particularly, an improved process chain, which significantly shortens the time from structure design to the realization to less than one day, is introduced. The structures, first designed with vector-graphics software, are printed on a commercial transparency film. Then, the film is placed into a self-developed setup, and the structure patterns are transferred onto a chromium photomask with a demagnification of 10:1, for example. The last step is to place the chromium photomask into the MPP arrangement and implement the fabrication using a microscope objective to demagnify and project structure patterns onto photoresist which is simultaneously exposed to UV light. With this process chain, periodic structures with a minimum feature size of 150 nm were realized using an objective with NA of 1.4. Furthermore, various photonic components such as micro ring resonators and arrayed waveguide gratings with high quality were generated with application potential, e. g. in sensing and monitoring.

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Microscope Projection Photolithography of Polymeric Optical Micro- and Nanocomponents. / Zheng, Lei; Reinhardt, Carsten; Roth, Bernhard.
Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII. Hrsg. / Georg von Freymann; Eva Blasco; Debashis Chanda. SPIE, 2020. 112920Q (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Band 11292).

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/KonferenzbandAufsatz in KonferenzbandForschungPeer-Review

Zheng, L, Reinhardt, C & Roth, B 2020, Microscope Projection Photolithography of Polymeric Optical Micro- and Nanocomponents. in G von Freymann, E Blasco & D Chanda (Hrsg.), Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII., 112920Q, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bd. 11292, SPIE, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII 2020, San Francisco, USA / Vereinigte Staaten, 2 Feb. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546679
Zheng, L., Reinhardt, C., & Roth, B. (2020). Microscope Projection Photolithography of Polymeric Optical Micro- and Nanocomponents. In G. von Freymann, E. Blasco, & D. Chanda (Hrsg.), Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII Artikel 112920Q (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Band 11292). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2546679
Zheng L, Reinhardt C, Roth B. Microscope Projection Photolithography of Polymeric Optical Micro- and Nanocomponents. in von Freymann G, Blasco E, Chanda D, Hrsg., Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII. SPIE. 2020. 112920Q. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2546679
Zheng, Lei ; Reinhardt, Carsten ; Roth, Bernhard. / Microscope Projection Photolithography of Polymeric Optical Micro- and Nanocomponents. Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XIII. Hrsg. / Georg von Freymann ; Eva Blasco ; Debashis Chanda. SPIE, 2020. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).
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